DJ Colette "We Feel So Hot (Pronged Remix)" for the Don't Crack, Plug & Mix, and PureMix contest

We Feel So Hot (Pronged Remix)

What do you have to offer? 
All you want to be is tougher, stronger 
Better at anything than me 

But we all know that it takes heart 
We all know that your reasons 
Were wrong from the start 

Remind me again 
Why I ever thought that you were my friend 
Because I don't see it now 

What do you have to offer? 
All you want to be is tougher, stronger 
Better at anything than me 

Remind me again 
Why I ever thought that you were my friend 
Because I don't see it now 
You make me regret 
All the times I thought that you were my friend 
Because you always bring me down 

And when everything is 
Crashing down on me 
You know just where you'll be 

Gone

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Produced/Engineered by Nick Diener 
Mixed/Mastered by Mark Michalik

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Power-pop-punk band Sprowt from Flint are fresh off a performance at BLED FEST and the release of their new single/music video "Breakdown." We talk about how they got together and on the subject of young people starting bands.
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Arctic Sounds presents Sprowt

Nick, Mark, and Michelle got in a studio in Chicago and played this song live. Just added keyboards, some guitar, and vocals later. AM 180 by Grandaddy.

Nick Diener - guitar, vocals, and keys
Michelle Lukezic - bass
Mark Michalik - drums, engineering, mixing, mastering

AM180 (cover)

I wrote and recorded this song a little over a year ago on my ole mac book. theyre a lot of mistakes so dont take it as a finished song more of an idea of an outline. 

Piece it all together f-1

About the gear: I mixed this one entirely in the box in Pro Tools 10. I monitored on a pair of Yamaha HS80Ms and a HS10W fed directly from a MOTU 896mk3. I used plugins from the Waves Mercury bundle, with the PuigTec EQs being a go to for tonal shaping. 

About the song: I really wanted to bring out the sultry energy and impact of the vocals, and highlight that it was all a live performance, which wasn't very difficult given the source material.  What I did find a little more difficult was the stereo spacing of the overheads (hard panned they were too far to the left for my tastes, especially with the snare) and the overall drum balance especially during the tom fills. I did have some issues getting a rounded bass tone that didn't take up too much space in the mix, but I was able to get something that I really felt drove the song (I'm pretty sure this was reflective more of my limitations than any real problem with the sources). 

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Sprowt is a Pop Punk band from Flint, MI.

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